HC halts construction
around SukhnaJolt for Tata’s Camelot project,
others as court moves to save Chandigarh’s skyline Chandigarh, May 14Tata Camelot’s ambitious plan to
raise skyscrapers in the vicinity of Sukhna Lake has run into another
legal hurdle. Taking up the Save Sukhna case, a Division Bench of the
Punjab and Haryana High Court today directed Punjab, Haryana and the
Chandigarh Administration to not just stop construction activity in the
lake’s catchment area, but also demolish, without notice, any
construction being carried out against the high court mandate.

13 Indian pilgrims die
in Nepal crashKathmandu,
May 14Thirteen Indian pilgrims were among
15 persons killed today when a small plane with 21 persons on board
crashed in northern Nepal after hitting a hill top while attempting to
land at a high-altitude airport.Crash survivor Anoreas Rasch from Denmark is taken to a hospital in Pokhara.
AP/PTI

Report reveals rot in
Haryana child homesn
Child panel tells Chief Secy to file ATR in 30 daysn
Top bureaucrats, cops admit to lapses before panelNew Delhi, May 14It is Haryana’s hall of shame.
Days after minors were found to have been sexually abused by a caretaker
at a Gurgaon shelter home, the case of a state-recognised institution in
Rohtak has come to the fore, breaking previous records of child rights
violations in the state.

NCERT cartoons push
Sibal on back foot againMinister also blames states for
inappropriate material in textbooksNew Delhi, May 14Union Human Resources Development
Minister Kapil Sibal today promised to Parliament to “put in place a
suitable process” to prevent recurrence of denigration of national
leaders and politicians in cartoons in NCERT textbooks.

Union ministers Kapil Sibal and P Chidambaram at Parliament in New Delhi on Monday. — PTI

No plan to have defence
pact with China, says Maldives PrezSays won’t risk friendship with
India while dealing with other countriesNew Delhi, May 14Maldives President Mohamed Waheed
today assured India that he would do nothing to hurt the special
relationship between the two countries even as he virtually ruled out
early elections in the Indian Ocean archipelago. There was no proposal
to have a defence cooperation pact between China and the Maldives.

Red, yellow, green:
It’s a right turn in SrinagarSrinagar, April 14Stop, look, and go, seems to be the
new mantra on the busy roads of Srinagar. When five traffic signals were
made functional in Srinagar almost a week ago, the traffic police
department didn’t expect wonders. But now those manning the traffic in
the summer capital claim that a large number of residents were following
these signals.

Newly installed lights at five crossings in Srinagar promise to slam brakes on traffic chaos. Tribune photo: Amin War